Faouzi Bensaïdi
Know for: Directing
Born: 1967-03-14
Place of birth: Meknès, Morocco
Also know as:
Death for Sale (2011)
In Tetouan, at the northern edge of Morocco, three young men decide to rob a jewelry store. The heist goes awry, and their destinies part drastically.
WWW: What a Wonderful World (2006)
Casablanca, a city of contrasts, modern and traditional. Kamel is a murderer for hire who receives his encrypted assignments online. After his...
Goodbye Morocco (2013)
Tangier. Dounia decides to sell on the black market the antiques uncovered on the building site she manages. She hopes to raise enough money to be...
My Dad is not Dead (2023)
Malik and his father Mehdi live in a funfair where they work as handymen. Mehdi gives his son five special paintings. Curious Malik is dazzled by the...
Wind Horse (2002)
Tahar is a retired blacksmith living with his son from his first marriage. After seeing his late second wife in a dream, he decides to visit her...
Mektoub (1997)
A young woman attending a conference in Tangier with her husband is kidnapped and raped, but rebuilds her relationship with her husband on a trip to...
Dheepan (2015)
Three war-torn strangers posing as a family flee Sri Lanka’s civil war to start over in a troubled Paris suburb, but their past traumas...
The Blessed (2017)
Algiers, a few years after the civil war. Amal and Samir have decided to celebrate their twentieth wedding anniversary in a restaurant. While on...
Sofia (2018)
Sofia, 20, lives with her parents in Casablanca. Suffering from pregnancy denial, she finds herself breaking the law by giving birth to a baby out of...
Far Away (2001)
Serge is a long distance lorry driver between Morocco andEurope. In Tangier, he tries to reconcile with his former girlfriend, Sarah. She has refused...
Volubilis (2017)
Volubilis is a tale of love in a world of despair, of beauty among the ruins. In the Moroccan city of Meknès, recently married Abdelkader and...
Braids (2000)
Amin is a teenage boy who lives with his two sisters, Kenza and Saida, in Tangier. Tragedy strikes when Saida is raped by the son of the man Kenza...
Saint Laurent (2014)
1967-1976. As one of history's greatest fashion designers entered a decade of freedom, neither came out of it in one piece.
Lola Pater (2017)
When his mother dies, Zino decides to look for his father, Farid. But twenty-five years ago, Farid became Lola.
Deserts (2023)
Longtime friends, Mehdi and Hamid, work for a collection agency. They crisscross the villages of southern Morocco in their old car and share double...
Death for Sale (2011)
In Tetouan, at the northern edge of Morocco, three young men decide to rob a jewelry store. The heist goes awry, and their destinies part drastically.
Death for Sale (2011)
In Tetouan, at the northern edge of Morocco, three young men decide to rob a jewelry store. The heist goes awry, and their destinies part drastically.
WWW: What a Wonderful World (2006)
Casablanca, a city of contrasts, modern and traditional. Kamel is a murderer for hire who receives his encrypted assignments online. After his...
A Thousand Months (2003)
1981, Morocco. A village in the Atlas mountains. A city in the distance. A child. A family facing its destiny.
A Thousand Months (2003)
1981, Morocco. A village in the Atlas mountains. A city in the distance. A child. A family facing its destiny.
Deserts (2023)
Longtime friends, Mehdi and Hamid, work for a collection agency. They crisscross the villages of southern Morocco in their old car and share double...
Summer Days (2022)
The members of a debt-ridden family reunite in an evanescent Tangier, running away from painful memories but at the same time clinging to a past they...
Summer Days (2022)
The members of a debt-ridden family reunite in an evanescent Tangier, running away from painful memories but at the same time clinging to a past they...
Summer Days (2022)
The members of a debt-ridden family reunite in an evanescent Tangier, running away from painful memories but at the same time clinging to a past they...
Interdependence (2019)
Started in 2018, the project – comprised of 11 segments by filmmakers from all around the world – reflects on the intertwined...
Interdependence (2019)
Started in 2018, the project – comprised of 11 segments by filmmakers from all around the world – reflects on the intertwined...
WWW: What a Wonderful World (2006)
Casablanca, a city of contrasts, modern and traditional. Kamel is a murderer for hire who receives his encrypted assignments online. After his...
Why Did You Leave the Horse Alone? (2024)
In the désert, a lone rider approaches at full gallop. His old tired horse is not convincing. Let's do the scene again. Still not convincing....
Volubilis (2017)
Volubilis is a tale of love in a world of despair, of beauty among the ruins. In the Moroccan city of Meknès, recently married Abdelkader and...
The Cliff (1999)
In a small village near a beach, Hakim and his little brother Saïd do odd jobs (whitewash a tomb, resell empty bottles).
Short Plays (2014)
Football seen through the eyes of some of the best directors of the world.
Deserts (2023)
Longtime friends, Mehdi and Hamid, work for a collection agency. They crisscross the villages of southern Morocco in their old car and share double...
Interactions - When Cinema Looks to Nature (2022)
Twelve international filmmakers create connections between humans and animals, through biodiversity, ecosystem, climate change, environment and water...
Interactions - When Cinema Looks to Nature (2022)
Twelve international filmmakers create connections between humans and animals, through biodiversity, ecosystem, climate change, environment and water...
Mektoub (1997)
A young woman attending a conference in Tangier with her husband is kidnapped and raped, but rebuilds her relationship with her husband on a trip to...
The wall (2000)
The brief and unending story of a wall and its encounters with man.
The wall (2000)
The brief and unending story of a wall and its encounters with man.
Far Away (2001)
Serge is a long distance lorry driver between Morocco andEurope. In Tangier, he tries to reconcile with his former girlfriend, Sarah. She has refused...
A Sunny Day (2019)
Under the impacts of a changing climate, the world changes, it has already changed. In a distant and near future, both fantastic and absurd, men and...
A Sunny Day (2019)
Under the impacts of a changing climate, the world changes, it has already changed. In a distant and near future, both fantastic and absurd, men and...
A Sunny Day (2019)
Under the impacts of a changing climate, the world changes, it has already changed. In a distant and near future, both fantastic and absurd, men and...
Volubilis (2017)
Volubilis is a tale of love in a world of despair, of beauty among the ruins. In the Moroccan city of Meknès, recently married Abdelkader and...
Volubilis (2017)
Volubilis is a tale of love in a world of despair, of beauty among the ruins. In the Moroccan city of Meknès, recently married Abdelkader and...
Interdependence (2019)
Started in 2018, the project – comprised of 11 segments by filmmakers from all around the world – reflects on the intertwined...